with a name like 'butkiss' this letter smacks of a prank. best of all it got past the desk and is published. wake up goan observer!
cajetan vaz On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 Goanet News wrote : >FERVENT APPEAL: A reader sent us this letter addressed to >Home Minister Ravi Naik. > >SOURCE: Goan Observer, Panjim June 14-20, 2008 > >Your Excellency, > >I am writing to your exalted self in order to protest the >publication in the Goa print media of numerous letters by >ungrateful whining Brits, who whinge endlessly about how hard >life is for them here and how absolutely beastly the Goa >government treats them. > >I want you to know, Sir, that we are not all like that. I >feel honoured and priviledged to be breathing the same air as >one so magnificent as yourself. I think that Goa is the most >beautiful country in the known universe. > >Goans are the hardest working people on the planet. They are >the salt of the earth. They are the icing on the cake. The >sauce on the pudding.... > >Goans elect only the most able, most honest, virtuous, >good-looking men to be their leaders, who then strive >tirelessly with no regard for themselves, in the interest of >the people. > >The Goan police are toasted the world over for their >independence, unwavering objectivity, fanatical dedication to >duty, their steadfast commitment to justice and, above all, >their honesty. > >I think that more Goans should move to the UK to help push up >our house prices and sort out our garbage problems. > >Er, what else? Quick! Feni is the finest alcohol beverage to >every pass my lips. Fish-curry-rice has no culinary equal. >Bull-fighting should be an Olympic sport. > >Is this enough? Now, can I have a visa? Please? > >Yours in grovelling servitude, > >Andy Butkiss, >Sea View Cottage, >Candolim. >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news-goanet.org/attachments/20080615/3bcf1b69/attachment.htm> caje.rediffiland.com
